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"Masterful work."--Rick Wilber, award-winning author of Alien Morning and Alien Day.
Imagine for a second what would have happened if the Soviets
had gotten a cosmonaut to the moon first, if Neil Armstrong and Apollo 11 had
been in a humiliating second place.
Everything would have unfolded differently. America would never have let the Soviets win the space
race. That would have been unthinkable
during the Cold War, political suicide for any president. We'd have gritted our teeth and doubled down,
poured billions into the Apollo program. HOT MOON is set in 1979 in this alternate world. The US and the Soviets both have permanent
moon bases, orbiting space stations, and manned spy satellites supported by
frequent rocket launches. Reagan is
President and the Cold War is hotter than ever. The crew of Apollo 32, commanded by Vivian Carter, career
astronaut, docks at NASA's Columbia space station on their way to their main
mission: exploring the volcanic Marius
Hills region of the Moon. Vivian is
caught in the crossfire as four Soviet Soyuz craft appear without warning to
assault the orbiting station. The fight for the Moon has begun!
Imagine for a second what would have happened if the Soviets
had gotten a cosmonaut to the moon first, if Neil Armstrong and Apollo 11 had
been in a humiliating second place.
Everything would have unfolded differently. America would never have let the Soviets win the space
race. That would have been unthinkable
during the Cold War, political suicide for any president. We'd have gritted our teeth and doubled down,
poured billions into the Apollo program. HOT MOON is set in 1979 in this alternate world. The US and the Soviets both have permanent
moon bases, orbiting space stations, and manned spy satellites supported by
frequent rocket launches. Reagan is
President and the Cold War is hotter than ever. The crew of Apollo 32, commanded by Vivian Carter, career
astronaut, docks at NASA's Columbia space station on their way to their main
mission: exploring the volcanic Marius
Hills region of the Moon. Vivian is
caught in the crossfire as four Soviet Soyuz craft appear without warning to
assault the orbiting station. The fight for the Moon has begun!
- Format: Hardcover
- Author: Smale, Alan
- ISBN: 9781647100506
- Condition: Used
- Number Of Pages: 476
- Publication Year: 2022
Language:
English